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**** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 31, 2013 ****

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Special Issue on "HEURISTICS FOR RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT WIRELESS SENSOR 
NETWORKS DEPLOYMENTS"

PDF: http://arco.unex.es/hrewsn
http://www.springer.com/mathematics/applications/journal/10732

Journal of Heuristics
Springer, ISSN: 1381-1231. Editor-in-Chief: Manuel Laguna.
Impact factor (2012): 1.471 (Q1, COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS).


Aims and Scope:
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Wireless Sensor Networks are nowadays an extended engineering technology 
for many markets due to the great amount of their possibilities in 
collecting data from complex environments and processing them for 
different purposes. Nevertheless, this
interest is not enough to apply 
this kind of networks as trustworthy solution for many real-world 
environments, such as industrial processes and critical infrastructures, 
where high reliability is required, together with other related key 
aspects as energy, security and efficiency. Many companies could 
overcome their reluctances if economic, reliable and easily deployed 
solutions are provided in this field. In this scenario, the heuristics 
and computational intelligence play an important role to solve many 
involved optimization problems, doing necessary the research on advanced 
solutions that result in a successful product. In this sense, there are 
many challenges, trends and open possibilities in this area that deserve 
to be known. In this special issue, we seek original, high quality 
articles, clearly focused on theoretical or practical aspects of the 
heuristics and mathematical optimization methods for
obtaining reliable 
and efficient wireless sensor networks, including but not limited to the 
topics shown below.


Topics of Interest:
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The topics related to heuristics for reliable and efficient Wireless 
Sensor Networks deployments that are relevant to this special issue 
include but are not limited to:

* Energy minimization aspects: network lifetime and power savings.
* Efficient networks deployments.
* Heuristics and computational intelligence applied for solving 
optimization problems.
* Multiobjective optimization problems.
* Fault tolerance and quality of service.
* Robust routing algorithms, network protocols and operating systems.
* Security and privacy aspects of the communications.
* Microprocessors, circuits, and embedded applications.
* Application cases, user studies and experiences.

Papers must be tailored to the problem of the wireless
sensor networks 
and explicitly consider heuristics and mathematical optimization 
methods. The editors maintain the right to reject papers they deem to be 
out of scope of this special issue. Only originally unpublished 
contributions and invited articles will be considered for the issue. 
Authors should submit their manuscripts through Editorial Manager 
http://www.editorialmanager.com/heur/, selecting "SI - HREWSN" as the 
article type.


Important Dates:
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Submission deadline:      December 31, 2013.
Acceptation notification: April 1st, 2014.
Final Papers:             June 1st, 2014.


Guest Editors:
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Lead Editor:
Dr. Juan A. Gomez-Pulido
Dept. of Technologies of Computers and Communications, Univ. of 
Extremadura, Spain
http://arco.unex.es/jangomez
E-mail: jangomez@unex.es

Editor#2:
Jose M. Lanza-Gutierrez
Dept. of Technologies of Computers and Communications, Univ. of 
Extremadura, Spain
E-mail: jmlanza@unex.es


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